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A bank meeting for lenders invited to commit to the Eu650m multi-tranche facility for car leasing company Athlon Groep was held in Amsterdam on Monday. ABN Amro (bookrunner), Fortis Bank (facility agent), ING (bookrunner) and Rabobank (bookrunner) have invited banks to take Eu60m for 45bp on tranche 'A' and 15bp on tranche 'B', Eu40m for 37.5bp and 12.5bp respectively and Eu20m for 30bp and 10bp.

France France Télécom's expected Eu15bn rights issue looked more unlikely as its share price continued to fall this week, touching a new low of Eu6.75 on Tuesday.

Iran The Islamic Republic of Iran will issue its second euro denominated Eurobond in the first quarter of 2003. The $375m euro equivalent issue follows the successful launch of Eu625m of bonds in July, the first since 1979.

Rating: Aa3/AA-/AA- Amount: Eu500m

General syndication will start next week for the $800m of international debt facilities for the $1bn Nigeria LNG project. The deal's mandated arrangers - BNP Paribas, Crédit Lyonnais, Citigroup/SSB, Mediocredito and WestLB - will hold a bank presentation in London on October 8 for the retail phase. This will be a low-key affair.

Rating: Aa1/AAA Amount: Sfr50m lower tier two capital

Mandated arrangers ABN Amro, DnB Markets and Svenska Handelsbanken will launch the debt facility for Elkem into syndication in the next three weeks. A banker told EuroWeek that the borrower is reviewing its future plans before the facility size is confirmed and the deal launched.

Volumes in Norwegian kroner are up by almost 250% on last month. Nearly $3bn has been issued in the currency since the beginning of September and, compared to the whole of last year, issuance for the first three-quarters of this year has surged threefold. One MTN head at a leading European house told EuroWeek: "The recent flurry of Norwegian krone deals is the result of one very large investor. There are three separate houses servicing this demand, but they are bidding against each other and it is not worth us getting involved - the margins are just too tight."

Veteran Russian markets analyst Eric Kraus has joined Sovlink, a part of the Sovlink/Aljba-Alliance investment banking group, as head of equities and chief strategist. Previously Kraus occupied a similar position at investment bank Nikoil for two years, where he courted controversy with his acerbic criticism of corporate governance abuses at oil majors Lukoil and Sibneft.

Amount: Eu2bn Rating: Moody's/Fitch

Sole bookrunner and mandated lead arranger Citigroup/SSSB is arranging a $200m container financing for P&O Nedloyd. The facility is divided into a $160m nine year amortising term loan 'A' and a $40m nine year bullet term loan 'B'. The facility has full recourse to P&O.Banks have been asked to commit tickets of $25m as lead arrangers, $20m as senior co-arrangers and $15m as co-arrangers.Replies are due by the middle of October. Proceeds finance container leases.

Rating: Aa2/AA Amount: $300m